I am of the opinion that Anderson localization is among the many Quantum mechanical mechanisms that are central to and underlie the some lines of LENR technology.
These lines involve hairy nickel nano-particles and cracks in metal lattices to be more specific. American physicist Philip W. Anderson won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977, for his research into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, which led to the introduction of greatly advanced electronic switching and memory devices for computers. In 1958 he explored the phenomenon of electron localization, or Anderson localization, wherein beyond a critical amount of impurity scattering the diffusive motion of an electron halts. In 1959 he published a theory explaining "superexchange", an interaction between the electrons of two molecular entities mediated by one or more molecules or ions. In 1961 he developed what is now called the Anderson model, to explain the behavior of heavy fermion systems. It is interesting to note that Anderson localization is at the forefront of experimental solid state and condensed matter Physics. After more than 60 years since its conception and after three decades after its recognition by the Nobel committee as a major field of physics has this quantum mechanical principle begin its demonstration in experimentation. In support of Jed’s point, some fields of knowledge advance at a very slow pace, especially as related to quantum mechanics, but this lack of speed should not discourage the recognition of their importance to scientific advance. Cheers: axil On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Mark Gibbs <mgi...@gibbs.com> wrote: > On Friday, December 28, 2012, Peter Gluck wrote: >> >> but it raises the question if/when will enter LENR such lists? >> > > When there is a testable theory or a demonstrably practical device. > > So far, LENR is, to be perhaps somewhat poetic, no more than a > willow-the-wisp ... > > [mg] > > >
